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    Nethergrave and Harrison Bergeron have an imaginative setting. Nethergrave was very imaginative because of the things that happened during the story. Harrison Bergeron has a very “unreal” setting in comparison to real life. Today I will be reading and learning more about both of these stories. In this essay‚ we will explore both stories and learn why their setting is drastically different than in real life. Harrison Bergeron takes place in 2018. There’s a married couple (George and Hazel Harrison) and they

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    The movie” The hunger games” by Gary Ross ‚ and the story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut share a lot of similar characteristics of dystopian fiction‚ unlike their counterpart “ There will come soft rains” by Ray Bradbury. Which is a short story that is written under the dystopian fiction‚ but is quite different compared to the other two. Both “the hunger games” and “Harrison Bergeron” share some of characteristics that clearly define a dystopian world such as lack of individuality‚ Protagonist

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    Conflict in “Harrison Bergeron” How does conflict in “Harrison Bergeron” helps communicate the author’s message? His message was that everyone being equal would be tortured and a horrible idea. The govt had control over everyone by making everyone wear handicaps such as ear piece‚ braces‚ mask‚ & weights. Also the media control because they had to watch punishments‚ govt warnings‚ & announcements. These messages show what caused the conflict in the story. The govt was harsh to everyone because

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    Traditions Traditions tend to make you do what everyone else in your society is doing. Both of the tragic stories “The Lottery”‚ and “Harrison Bergeron” teach about how society tends to conform to certain traditions or ways of being‚ no matter how gruesome. Their societies conform to such bizarre traditions‚ in fear of what might happen to them if they do not comply year after year. These stories have some similarities‚ but also have many differences‚ for example‚ the setting. The setting of

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    All these stories “The Lottery”‚”2BRO2B”‚and”Harrison Bergeron are all really good stories to read.All of the stories have a lot of symbolism in them.Some of the stories will be kinda creepy and some will be funny. In the story “Harrison Bergeron” uses a lot of symbolism.For example in one part the story when George’s and Hazel’s son took off all of his handicaps it represented freedom.Another example is when George thought of his son the 21 gun salute went off in his head and he forgot

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    Harrison Bergeron Quote Analysis Turn the page to the next chapter of our lives and we’re still searching for equality. Look at the greater picture and see that the whole world is trying to find the same thing. What we define equality as is being equal in our status‚ rights‚ and opportunities. When jealousy and envy come into play that changes up the whole game. No longer are we fighting to say we’re good enough for the job‚ but fighting because the person before us was better for the job. Although

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    Literary Analysis: Harrison Bergeron Kurt Vonnegut Junior’s passage “Harrison and Bergeron” is a brief story written in 1961. It is about Harrison Bergeron‚ an inmate who is forced to diminish his abilities because they are more enhanced than everyone else’s. When Harrison tries to rebel against the laws of the land‚ he is shot and killed. “Harrison Bergeron” is similar to “1984”‚ a book written in 1948 by George Orwell. In “1984” every single leader of society is overthrown by Big Brother

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    dystopia is clearly illustrated through the short stories of “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut‚ and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ the main character is suppressed of her freedom from doing anything‚ even writing. Because of her depression‚ her doctor husband‚ John‚ isolates her in a bedroom with a very odd‚ yellow wallpaper that takes over her physical and psychological state. Going into

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    The world of dystopia with Harrison Bergeron‚ the Hunger Games‚ and Divergent societies . First to make people equal they handicap all the overly smart ‚ beautiful people; to make them equal to what society standards are which isn’t smart and ugly. People suffer from wearing handicaps like

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    great things. In the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. the citizens of a dystopic U.S.A. were limited in their abilities through the use of handicaps in an effort to achieve equality. The main character Harrison Bergeron‚ breaks his handicaps off and performs a graceful dance with his Empress‚ in order to restore order and equality‚ the Handicapper General shoots both Harrison and his Empress‚ killing them on live television. After Harrison removed his handicaps and asked the

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